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Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison Staff Pick Working at Catacombs warehouse, I run across many, many cookbooks, and more often than not take them home to try them out. This cookbook has quickly become one of my favorites. Every recipe — really, every one! — that I've tried so far has been... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $27.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Permaculture Book of Ferment and Human Nutrition by Bill Mollison Staff Pick During the many years it was out of print, The Permaculture Book of Ferment and Human Nutrition garnered something of a cult following, while high demand and limited availability drove its price into the hundreds. Thanks to the good folks at Tagari... (read more) Your price: $59.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan Staff Pick True or false: One out of every four items for sale in the average American supermarket contains corn? (Think, think, think...) Believe it or not, it's true. If this unsettles you — or just plain doesn't make sense — pick up a copy of Michael Pollan... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Good Meat: The Complete Guide to Sourcing and Cooking Sustainable Meat by Deborah Krasner Staff Pick Good Meat is big (over 200 recipes!), thorough, beautiful, and written by a James Beard award winner, to boot. With a focus on sourcing and preparing sustainably raised meat, this is an essential volume for compassionate and conscientious carnivores.... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Appetite for Reduction: 125 Fast and Filling Low-Fat Vegan Recipes by Isa Chandra Moskowitz Staff Pick Favorite (and now local!) vegan chef Isa Chandra Moskowitz, of Vegan with a Vengeance and Veganomicon fame, brings us an antidote to a season of indulgence: incredibly delicious vegan recipes, with a focus on low fat and high fiber to make them even... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Blood, Bones and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton Staff Pick Hamilton is the chef-owner of acclaimed NYC restaurant Prune. Her memoir is compelling, harrowing, beautifully written, and utterly charming, whether she's invoking memories of fields of fireflies or gritty kitchen realities. Anthony Bourdain loves this... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Put 'em Up!: A Comprehensive Home Preserving Guide for the Creative Cook, from Drying and Freezing to Canning and Pickling by Sherri Brooks Vinton Staff Pick If your cool aunt taught you how to preserve and make jam, Put 'em Up! would be the chronicle of her lessons. Sherri Brooks Vinton knows preserving, and she peppers the recipes with tips learned only through experience. Canning can even be a party... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Super Natural Every Day: Well-Loved Recipes from My Natural Foods Kitchen by Heidi Swanson Staff Pick This cookbook has blown me away. I've made three meals from it in the last week, and they've all been delicious, easy, highly adaptable, and healthy! There doesn't seem to be anything that writer/photographer/designer/food blogger Heidi Swanson can't do,... (read more) Your price: $23.00 New - Trade Paper
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Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook: The Essential Guide to Caring for Everything in Your Home by Martha Stewart Staff Pick Set a formal table, get streak-free windows, and fix a leaky faucet — all in the most efficient way! The expert shares her secrets to keeping your home beautiful and running smoothly.... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford Staff Pick Much like Anthony Bourdain's sensational account of the culinary trenches of Amercian restaurant kitchens, Bill Buford's Heat gives readers an authentic look at his tenure as "kitchen slave" to celebrity chef Mario Batali. Including chapters on Batali's... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume 1 by Julia Child and Louisette Bertholle and Simone Beck Staff Pick This classic, which recently launched back onto bestseller lists almost half a century after its publication, is the perfect addition to any cook's arsenal. Julia Child's touch is still magic, and Mastering the Art of French Cooking is inspiring a whole... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver and Camille Kingsolver and Steven L. Hopp Staff Pick After 25 years in the Arizona desert, in 2004, Kentucky-bred Barbara Kingsolver moved back to the Appalachians, to a Virginia farm just hours from her childhood home. Family called. "Returning," she explains in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, "would allow my... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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The New Book of Middle Eastern Food by Claudia Roden Staff Pick This cookbook is a winner! I love Middle Eastern food and everything I have made from this book has been wonderful. I cooked a dinner entirely of Roden's dishes for friends, and they bought the book on their way home. Roden intersperses her recipes with... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $24.00 Used - Hardcover
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.) by Barbara Kingsolver and Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver Staff Pick After 25 years in the Arizona desert, in 2004, Kentucky-bred Barbara Kingsolver moved back to the Appalachians, to a Virginia farm just hours from her childhood home. Family called. "Returning," she explains in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, "would allow my... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud'homme Staff Pick An inspiring look at the life and times of the culinary genius, Julia Child's My Life in France is a good-humored memoir of her influential and transformative early experiences in France with her then new husband, Paul. Julia's devotees, as well as those... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Pleasures of Cooking for One by Judith Jones Staff Pick It's a rare cookbook that both the beginning cook and the experienced gourmet can enjoy. Judith Jones presents a lifetime's worth of cooking tips and advice; it's as if we are in her kitchen while she makes a simple yet seductive meal to share. While... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Best Recipes in the World: More Than 1,000 International Dishes to Cook at Home by Mark Bittman Staff Pick A must have for every home cook, Mark Bittman's fantastic anthology of world cuisine is a formidable collection of recipes on a broad range of cultures and cooking.... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $24.00 Used - Hardcover
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Ratio: The Simple Codes behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking by Michael Ruhlman Staff Pick Behold the awesome power of the ratio (also known as a "fraction," but don't let that stop you). But beware: this book may lead to a life of recipe-free cooking, of culinary experimentation, and of actually using (careful, now) a kitchen scale!... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The French Market: More Recipes from a French Kitchen by Joanne Harris and Fran Warde Staff Pick This book gives the reader two temptations: delicious recipes and beautiful looking food. Enticing, uncomplicated preparations, such as Pork with Porcini Mushrooms, Rabbit with Agen Prunes, and Pear and Chocolate Tart, are approachable and easy to... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl Staff Pick With characteristic wit and aplomb, Ruth Reichl takes us behind the scenes of life as a restaurant critic — dining on the finest cuisine in the city, juggling the politics of the newspaper, and becoming a master of disguise. As funny as Tender at the... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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